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Sin País (Without Country) attempts to get beyond the partisan politics and mainstream media's 'talking point' approach to immigration issues by exploring one family's complex and emotional journey involving deportation.
In 1992, Sam and Elida Mejia left Guatemala during a violent civil war and brought their one-year old son, Gilbert, to California. The Mejia’s settled in the Bay Area and raised their family for the past seventeen years--until one morning immigration agents stormed the Mejia’s house, looking for someone who didn’t live there.
Sin País begins two weeks before Sam and Elida’s scheduled deportation date. After a passionate fight to keep the family together, Sam and Elida are deported back to Guatemala.
With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País explores the complexities of the Mejia’s new reality of a separated family–parents without their children, and children trying to succeed in life without their parents.
'Sin País' is a documentary that brings a face, a reason, and a new found hope to the topic of immigration through the struggle of one family...'Sin País' tackles the much debated issue of immigration with love, justice and compassion through the eyes of those who are most affected."
Minerva Flores, Director of College Assistance Migrant Program at Mendecino Lake Community College
AWARDS:
STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD, BRONZE MEDAL, DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY 2011
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AND AUDIENCE AWARD FOR SHORT DOCUMENTARY, NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST STUDENT WORK, 2011 SANTA CRUZ FILM FESTIVAL
FINALIST, BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY, 2011 ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FEST
FIRST PLACE, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO VIDEOFEST
SPIRIT AWARD, 2010 BERNAL HEIGHTS OUTDOOR CINEMA
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2011 AFI/DISCOVERY CHANNEL SILVERDOCS
2011 DALLAS VIDEOFEST
2011 NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
2011 HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL
2011 HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
2011 DOCUTAH FILM FESTIVAL
2011 HBO LATINO NYC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2011 SF SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
2011 DOCUWEST FILM FESTIVAL
2011 SANTA CRUZ FILM FESTIVAL
2011 IOWA CITY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
2011 HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL (AUSTRALIA)
2011 ASHLAND FILM FESTIVAL
2011 PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL
2011 TIBURON FILM FESTIVAL
2011 THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
2011 BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
2010 IDFA(INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM)
2011 SEBASTOPOL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
2011 NEXTFRAME STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
2010 BOSTON INTL. LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
2010 UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL
2010 CINEMA BY THE BAY FILM FESTIVAL
2010 OAXACA FESTIVAL INDEPENDIENTE DE CINE Y VIDEO
2010 SAN FRANCISCO VIDEOFEST
2010 BERNAL HEIGHTS OUTDOOR CINEMA FESTIVAL
Theo Rigby Theo Rigby is a freelance Documentary filmmaker and photographer based out of San Francisco. He creates social and political documentary projects with still and moving images. Theo has focused on topics ranging from the War in Iraq, to incarceration, and most recently, immigration in the U.S.
His first film, My First War, about the first 44 days of the war in Iraq, won awards and was accepted in 12 film festivals. His short film Close to Home was a National Finalist in the 2009 Student Academy Awards, won a Golden Eagle Award, special Jury mention at the 2010 Ashland Independent film festival and has been accepted into more than ten film festivals.
Theo has shot still photographs for Newsweek, The New York Times, National Geographic France, People magazine, and many other National and International publications. His still photographic work has been exhibited at San Francisco City Hall, and at the 2005 Visa Pour L’Image festival in Perpignan, France.
Theo also has a passion for education and has taught undergraduate documentary photography, as well as starting and directing an after-school digital storytelling program for immigrant youth in San Francisco. He recently graduated with a M.F.A. in Documentary Film from Stanford University.
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